Hi Everyone,
Per discussion in our final winter 2018 online MBSR class, I’m setting up this corner in the Living Room for classmates to correspond, share your practice updates, questions, find practice buddies, and stay connected! Let’s see if this works!? Also if other graduates of the online MBSR course want to connect here, feel free to stop by!

I wanted to leave this website for Jonathan. He read the haiku by Basho which expresses Joy in the world, and this website is a wonderful place to gather readings, writing and contentedness, when you need a break from studying from medical school.
Thank you for your open heart and mind.

As we gather here, we can see if there’s interest in a video call, maybe once per month, or week, or quarter… Whatever makes sense. A thought is we could meet for an hour, with 30 minutes of formal practice and 30 minutes of sharing thoughts and experiences. If someone has access to zoom, that’s great. Or, it looks like Skype is free for up to 25 users at a time.

Definitely open to other ideas or variations to this idea. It was a fantastic group in the class and it would be great to stay connected and as well as encourage the momentum.

Hello old friends! My mind continues to drift to our brief time together.
I dare say I miss your faces, and wonder how your feeling, and if, like me, there are moments when your sitting quietly eating a raisin and smile!
I hope we chat soon either here, or via zoom.
The flowers are blooming in New England, and my heart opens with each blossom I notice!
Gratitude to you Margaret and friends whose lessons linger and have opened my heart.
Xoxo

If you make this an open meditation group for all MBSR graduates, maybe you will also get a response from others who are looking for something like this. :)

I did my MBSR course from CFM, Shrewsbury, MA in 2016. I actually enrolled in Margaret Fletcher’s class, but due to some scheduling conflict, she couldn’t make it, and our group was taught by Melissa - who did a great job teaching us, BTW. I have been in touch with my classmates (a few of them are now MBSR teachers!), and a small group meets every Tuesday morning via WebEx, hosted by me, online for 45 minutes. So I know this is a great way to continue our practice. I highly recommend such an online sangha, it’s been very beneficial for me.

I also attend a bi-monthly Practice Circle online on Zoom, and you will see a few MBSR graduates/teachers there along with folks from different parts of the world, check it out and see. https://presentmomentmindfulness.com/practice-circle/. It’s free and open to all.